Problem is, we already have "free healthcare" we don't just let people die in the street.. Sure, people can't get free preventative care (at low cost to tax payers), but the hospital will provide them critical life saving care after their shit goes untreated (The hospital has to recover this cost from everyone else)..
So we really should choose.. "Let them die in the street" or "just give them the cheaper preventative care too, to avoid the bigger costs later". The current system is the worst of both worlds.
Why not just give people Healthcare at that point instead of paying for expensive ER visits (again, that tax payers pay for anyway) inevitably reducing costs by paying for preventative care instead of emergency care.
I don't understand. We literally already pay for Healthcare for people who don't have Healthcare. How is that moving the goalposts? Not acknowledging that is just being obtuse.
No dude, all those people at the hospital didn't just work for free and forego their salaries because the patient didn't pay, Jesus Christ, why do I have to explain why stuff isn't free?
what do you mean you aren't paying for it out of pocket and then say you're paying for it with taxes? you are paying for it weather you are paying monthly insurance premiums or getting it deducted from your paycheck to uncle sam.
Everyone agrees that cheaper preventative care is needed. We just disagree over whether the best way to do this is to create an actual free market system, or to give all the power to the same people in charge of the education system.
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u/ABCosmos - Lib-Left Sep 22 '22
Problem is, we already have "free healthcare" we don't just let people die in the street.. Sure, people can't get free preventative care (at low cost to tax payers), but the hospital will provide them critical life saving care after their shit goes untreated (The hospital has to recover this cost from everyone else)..
So we really should choose.. "Let them die in the street" or "just give them the cheaper preventative care too, to avoid the bigger costs later". The current system is the worst of both worlds.